It's Tuesday, Where Are You?-April 14, 2009

Raidergirl3 at An Adventure in Reading asks, "Where is reading taking you today?"

It is a Friday night and I am sitting in a knitting store called Walker and Daughter talking to friends. (The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs)

It's Tuesday, Where Are You?- March 31, 2009

Raidergirl3 at An Adventure in Reading asks, "Where is reading taking you today?"

"She was still ignoring Irma's babbling ten minutes later when she turned down a street that looked as if the dwellings on either side had been frozen in the 1880s. Old-fashioned street lamps stood like silent sentries of a long forgotten past and highlighted three- and four-story Victorian mansions." (50 Ways to Hex Your Lover by Linda Wisdom)

It's Tuesday, Where Are You?- March 24, 2009

Raidergirl3 at An Adventure in Reading asks, "Where is reading taking you today?"

I am in New York City, a not mundane-only city. (Modern Magic by Anne Cordwainer)

It's Tuesday, Where Are You?- March 17, 2009

Raidergirl3 at An Adventure in Reading asks, "Where is reading taking you today?"

"While we catch our breath, I'll tell you a bit more about where I live. It's what's commonly called a 'sink estate' on the outskirts of Liverpool. Our tower block--one of three on the estate--is bordered by a rag-tag of run-down Council houses and prefabs which probably should be condemned by now." (All You Need Is Love by Carole Matthews)

It's Tuesday, Where Are You?- March 10, 2009

Raidergirl3 at An Adventure in Reading asks, "Where is reading taking you today?"

"For twenty-seven years I have been the concierge at number 7, rue de Grenelle, a fine hotel particulier with a courtyard and private gardens, divided into eight luxury apartments, all of which are inhabited, all of which are immense." (The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery)

It's Tuesday, Where Are You?- March 3, 2009

Raidergirl3 at An Adventure in Reading asks, "Where is reading taking you today?"

Welcome to my city. Twenty-five years ago it had been a thriving and successful place of business. In fact, the whole world had been on an upswing then. Technology was increasing. The economy was thriving. A new world had even been discovered that had the same life-sustaining properties as Earth. And just when everybody was feeling all positive about the future, the Great Plague swept across the world, and in a matter of weeks 40 percent of hunam life was wiped out. Dead and gone.

Those who survived continued on--I mean, what choice did they have? The world kept turning. They rebuilt, they had childre, but the world was sure as hell not the way it used to be. The city, once prosperous and filled with life, was now a sad and empty shell of what it used to be. (Countdown by Michelle Maddox)

It's Tuesday, Where Are You?- February 24, 2009

Raidergirl3 at An Adventure in Reading asks, "Where is reading taking you today?"

Riley was in the exact center of Benton County, and Benton County contained two competing cheese factories: Fassbinder's our on De Soto Way, and White River Dairy, which was closer to the town of Houghton, though plenty of people who worked at White River still lived in Riley becuase Riley, with nearly forty thousand residents, had for more attractions and conveniences, including a movie theater. (American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld)

It's Tuesday, Where Are You?- February 17, 2009

Raidergirl3 at An Adventure in Reading asks, "Where is reading taking you today?"

I reached my apartment, located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, in just under a minute, and landed in the small, and smelly, alley that ran behind the building. (Dead and Dateless by Kimberly Raye)